Plainbuilt

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Learn to build with AI

Practical, free courses for experienced professionals who have never written code.

Free ~78 min8 lessons

Mac Setup for Vibe Coding

Open Terminal for the first time, install the tools you need, and build your first AI-assisted app — all in under an hour. No prior experience required.

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  1. 01What is vibe coding?
  2. 02Before you start
  3. 03Open Terminal
  4. 04Install Homebrew
  5. 05Install Node.js and your AI CLI
  6. 06Let your AI agent finish the setup
  7. 07Build your first thing
  8. 08Troubleshooting and what's next
Free ~35 min5 lessons

Shipping to the Web

Push your app to GitHub, deploy to Vercel, and point a custom domain at it — all in under an hour. Picks up where Mac Setup leaves off.

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  1. 01What you're shipping today
  2. 02Push your project to GitHub
  3. 03Deploy to Vercel
  4. 04Buy your domain on Namecheap
  5. 05Connect your domain
Free ~53 min6 lessons

Hermes Agent

Set up an always-on AI agent that lives on Discord, remembers you across sessions, and gets more capable the longer it runs. From install to the closed learning loop — in under an hour.

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  1. 01What is Hermes Agent (and why your coding agent isn't enough)
  2. 02Install Hermes and have your first conversation
  3. 03Give it a soul: SOUL.md, AGENTS.md, and profiles
  4. 04Make it always-on: wire Hermes into Discord
  5. 05Teach it new tricks: skills and MCP servers
  6. 06Memory and the closed learning loop